Skype for iPhone: One million downloads in two days

Skype for iPhone has been downloaded more than one million times in less then two days as Germany's Apple partner T-Mobile blocks app.

Nick Spence
April 3, 2009

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In less than two days, Skype for iPhone has been downloaded more than one million times, around six downloads every second reports Skype in a blog post.

"This is a phenomenal performance, and we’re confident that it’s one of the fastest-downloaded iPhone apps ever," says Skype blogger Peter Parkes.

Skype for iPhone was released on Tuesday to great fanfare with the ability to sign into Skype from any WiFi spot and call friends and family for free or at a typically low rate.

Meanwhile Skype for iPhone has been blocked by Apple's partner Deutsche Telekom’s T-Mobile, the phone’s exclusive carrier in Germany, as the telecoms giant does not allow the use of voice-over-Internet programs (VoIP) applications on its network.